Corinth Object: C 1933 761
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1933 761
Title:   LATE BYZANTINE DARK-ON-LIGHT SLIP-PAINTED PLATE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1933
Object Number:   761
Description:   Plate with low vertical ring foot, flat resting and undersurfaces. Shallow wide-flaring body. Similar to C-1936-817 (Corinth 11).
Decoration:   White slip all over; thinly applied to exterior. In brown slip on floor, five-pointed "star" with solid circle and ring of dots in each semi-circle between tips; possible circle in center, with frame of dots. Clear glaze on interior.
Material:   Moderately fine light red clay with rare tiny white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Pinker than 5YR 6/6 (light red)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving 1/2 foot, small part of lower body.
Manufacture:   C79
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Area:   Forum southwest South Stoa
Context:   NB133 P97
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southwest South Stoa
Image: digital 2014 1493
Basket: NB133 P97
Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 64 (pp. 97 - 98)